CHANDLER, ARIZ. — Dallas-based Jackson-Shaw and Las Vegas-based LaPour Partners have broken ground for Parc Germann, a two-building urban industrial development in Chandler. Totaling 224,471 square feet, Parc Germann will feature flexible industrial space broken down into a 92,261-square-foot Building A, located at 2215 E. Germann Road, and 132,210-square-foot Building B, located at 2225 E. Germann Road. Each building will feature modern, flexible industrial space designed to accommodate office, showroom, manufacturing, distribution, assembly and a variety of other industrial uses. The project will include front-loaded buildings featuring true dock-high space, a full concrete truck court and the ability to have outside storage. Pat Harlan and Kyle Westfall of JLL’s Phoenix office will manage the leasing assignment for the development.
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COLUMBUS, OHIO — Reich Brothers has acquired a 142,223-square-foot industrial facility in Columbus for an undisclosed price. The property previously served as the main production and warehousing location in the Columbus market for printing company Quad Graphics. The building is located at 4051 Fondorf Drive and is directly adjacent to Walmart’s distribution and logistics hub. The property features clear heights ranging from 21 to 24 feet and can be subdivided to accommodate multiple tenants. Reich Brothers intends to repurpose the facility for light manufacturing and distribution. Site work has commenced and is expected to be completed in the coming months.
EDWARDSVILLE, ILL. — Meridian Design Build has broken ground on a 673,920-square-foot speculative industrial building on behalf of developer Exeter Property Group in Edwardsville near St. Louis. The new facility is located on a 135-acre parcel within Gateway Commerce Center. The property will feature a clear height of 36 feet, 132 loading docks, four drive-in doors, 398 car parking stalls and 171 exterior trailer stalls. JRA Architecture and Stock & Associates Consulting Engineers make up the project team. A timeline for completion was not disclosed.
BELFAIR, WASH. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of All Star Self Storage, Boat & RV, a self-storage facility located at 19720 E. Highway 106 in Belfair. A regional investment group acquired the property from a local partnership for $9.7 million, or approximately $127 per rentable square foot. The five-parcel asset is situated on 12 acres and features 586 self-storage units, a 25,000-square-foot boat barn for indoor boat and vehicle storage and 120 uncovered parking spaces. The property was built in several phases between 1987 and 2003. Christopher Secreto of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and secured the buyer in the deal.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — A partnership between Trammell Crow Co. and Clarion Partners has broken ground on Phase II of Park 183, an industrial development in southeast Austin. Phase II includes an 85,000-square-foot building that is fully preleased to FedEx Corp. Park 183 will ultimately span more than 900,000 square feet of Class A space across seven buildings. Completion of Phase II is slated for the fourth quarter.
HOUSTON — Avison Young has arranged the sale of a 40,000-square-foot industrial building located at 1690 North Loop West in Houston. Situated on 6.2 acres, the facility formerly served as a printing complex for local firm Greensheet Media. Todd Mason, Jeff Lindenberger, Richard Mason and Taylor Wilson of Avison Young represented the seller, Helen Gordon Interests Ltd., in the transaction. The buyer, GSD North Loop 610 LLC, plans to develop a self-storage facility on a portion of the property.
ATLANTA AND SIOUX CITY, IOWA — Americold Realty Trust has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Cloverleaf Cold Storage from the company’s management and an investor group led by private equity funds managed by Blackstone. The purchase price was $1.24 billion. Atlanta-based Americold will acquire 22 cold storage facilities in nine states in the Midwest and Southeast, 21 of which are owned by Cloverleaf and one is managed by the company, totaling 5.2 million refrigerated square feet. Sioux City, Iowa-based Cloverleaf is the fifth largest cold storage provider in the United States. The company acquired competitor Zero Mountain in January. Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC are Americold’s financial advisors in the transaction, and King & Spalding LLP is its legal advisor. Wells Fargo Securities and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. are Cloverleaf and Blackstone’s financial advisors, and Kirkland & Ellis LLP is their legal advisor.
DALLAS — Industrial development and investment firm Logistics Property Co. LLC has negotiated a 1.1 million-square-foot industrial lease at Southport Logistics Park, the Chicago-based company’s 252-acre development in south Dallas. The tenant is an undisclosed manufacturer of consumer-packaged goods. Kacy Jones and John Hendricks of CBRE represented Logistics Property Co. in the lease negotiations. Allen Gump, Lynn Reich and Suzanne Serino of Colliers International represented the tenant. At full buildout, Southport Logistics Park will house more than 3.55 million square feet of Class A space across four buildings.
SHELBY TOWNSHIP, MICH. — L. Mason Capitani CORFAC International has arranged the sale of a 16,830-square-foot industrial building located at 51255 Oro Drive in Shelby Township. The sales price was not disclosed. The buyer, Michigan Architectural Millwork, will use the building for the production of doors, plywood, moldings, hardwood boards and hardware. Jason Capitani and Joseph DePonio III of L. Mason Capitani represented both the buyer and the seller, JMJ Investment Co.
LAS VEGAS — Panattoni Development Co. has completed the construction of Centennial Commerce Center, a speculative industrial facility in North Las Vegas. Located at 6405 E. Centennial Parkway on 10.4 acres, the cross-docked 213,000-square-foot facility features 32-foot clear heights, ESFR sprinklers, LED warehouse lighting and flexible office build-outs. Valued at $16 million, the project will designed with flexibility to accommodate up to four 51,000-square-foot tenants. Speedway10 Industrial, a joint venture between LaSalle Investment Management and Panattoni Development, owns the industrial asset. Alston Construction served as general contractor, and Greg Tassi and Donna Alderson of CBRE are handling the leasing of the property.